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FORTY-FIFTH TEAR.
NO FEAR OF FARMERS
Will Alter the Fixed Determin
ation of the Republican
Leaders to
PUSH THE ELECTION BILL.
Lodge and Others Say They Regard
the Alliance as a Democratic
Annex, Anyhow.
SESAROK rUGH'S RADICAL SPEECH.
He Declares the South Wonld Prefer the
Knle of White Army Officers to the
Proposed Law.
AN ATTACK UPON COMMISSIONER RAHM.
The Pension Appropriation Bill Amounts to Over $133,-
000,000, nd Deficiency cf $35,OC0,O0O
is Prcdictti
EICRETART HOBLE EOT AFTER THE ATTORKEYS
1FB0U A EIATF C0EKESP0SPE5T.
Washington, Dec 4. The enthusiastic
condemnation of the Federal election bill
shown by the Farmers' Alliance convention
at Ocala seems to be rather agreeable than
otherwise to the advocates of the measure in
Congress. Nobody was perturbed by the
news of the adoption of the anti-elections
bill resolution, and many expressed un
qualified pleasure.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodce, the original
sponsor ot the bill, said he rejoiced in the
action of the Southerners of the convention,
as it would show to the farmers of the
whole country that the Alliance was in
tended by its present Southern leaders as a
tender to the Democratic party. These
leaders were under investigation now for
conniving at the re-election of the old
Bourbon Senators in Georgia and Alabama,
when the Alliance had a majority of the
Legislatures in both of those States and
might have elected Alliance Senators.
Sore to Alienate Hie North.
The action of yesterday at Ocala was a
foolish one, as it exposed the hand of the
leaders, and it would alienate the intelligent
.Northern Republican farmers from further
affiliation with such an insincere, sneaking
and hypocritical organization.
Mr. Kowell, of Illinou, declared that the
Alliance movement was promoted bj the
Democrat in their own interests, and this
partisan action would not be app.j-yed ir
the 'Western and Northern farmers. The
farmers, he declared, believed in honest
elections and the preservation of the Consti
tution, and that when they came to under
stand the situation they wonld not permit
themselves to be used by the South. The
only persons who would approve the action
of the Alliance Convention in this matter
were those who were in favor of repealing
or nullifying the fifteenth amendment. He
thought the passage of the resolution would
cause some trouble in the Alliance.
ltegarded as a Democratic Annex.
Mr. Comstock, of Minnesota, said he
thought the Alliance was conducted largely
by its Southern branch in the interest of the
Democrats. The Northern and "Western far
mers, he thought, will find them out.
Mr. Dingle-, of Maine, was of the opin
ion that the Alliance movement was an at
tachment to the Democratic party. This was
so patent, he said, that he thought it would
be a failure. He did not think the farmers
of the North and West would be long in
finding it out The action of the election
bill resolution would help them to an un
derstanding of the situation.
He assumed that in '92 the Alliance would
not put a national ticket in the field, but
would instruct the Alliance in each State to
take such part in the campaign as they
thought wise. The purpose of this would
be to have Alliance candidates running in
Republican States and to have the Demo
crats indorsed by the Alliance in the Demo
cratic States.
Senators Not in tho recast Disturbed.
Mr. Carter, of Montana, said that the
Alliance was an organization in the interest
of the Democracy, having its origin in the
South, and that every farmer who was in
favor of honest elections and opposed to
Iraud, intimidation and bloodshed would
favor the passage of the election bill.
Republican Senators do not appear to be
in the least disturbed by the fact that the
Farmers Alliance has condemned the
measure. They say it was nothing more
than they expected from ''an organization
composed almost exclusively of Southern
anti-administrationists," and which they
term "the Democratic annex." It is evi
dent that the majority in the Senate propose
to pass the bill as soon as possible.
About the only Republican Congressman
thus far who has spoken against the elec
tions bill is Mr. Harmar, of Philadelphia,
who may be influenced by the fact that sev
eral of his political friends have large
property interests in the South.
An Utterance of tho Opposition.
"When the election bill was taken up in
the Senate to-day, Pugb, or Alabama, made
a speech in opposition to it. In the course
of his remarks he said that the country
could not fail to understand the true char
acter and nature of tne proposed legislation.
It was never intended to be putin operation
in Republican districts. It was founded on
one distinct, substantive proposition, and
that was that State election officers might
be watched, guarded and overruled because
they were Democrats, and because for that
reason alone it was unsafe to trust them.
Under its operation there would not be a
single district in the United States from
which Democrats were elected to Congress
that wonld not be subject to supervision by
partisan Republicans. The whole election
machinery of the United States would be
come partisan and necessarily corrupt. The
nholc conception of tho bill was a trans
parent and audacious scheme, having no
other end or purpose than the capture of
Democratic districts and their transfer to
the Republican party in Congress to be used
in perpetuating its supremacy in defiance of
the will of the people.
The White Race Most Govern.
He declared that the intelligent white peo
ple of the South would prefer the rule of
army officers and white soldiers to the intol
erable rule of the infamous hordes that
would be turned loose upon them through
the outrageous election machinery provided
in the bill. If the system of local self-government
was not an established failure then
it was manifest that the intelligent and
moral white people of the South and the
State governments of the South, which were
immediately interested in, and sorely
afflicted by, those miserable race complica
tions, would have to be allowed to meet and
mitigate the evil as far as possible.
He undertook to say that the black peo
ple of the Sonth were better treated than
they would be in the North under like con
ditions and he declared, in conclusion, that
the wisest and safest course for both races
was to trust to the policy of non-interterence
by the Federal Government Liohtneb.
AN ATTACK UPON RAUM
DURING THE DEBATE ON THE PENSION
APPROPRIATION.
8133,000,000 Asked for the Next Tear and
a Deficit of S35,ttO,000 Predicted Then
Secretary Jfobl. strlkeja. Blow at the
Pension AttorneysV
"Washington, Dec. a o vioirap
propriation bill was taker. House
to-day, and Chairman 5Ijrro- explained
that the bill appropriated for the payment
of pensions the sum of 5133.173,000. It was
estimated that this sum of money wonld be
distributed among 634,175' pensioners. This
was the largest number of beneficiaries ever
provided for in any single item in the
statutes of the United States. It was esti
mated that the gross cost to tne United
States of these pensions for the year 1892
wonld average $203 40 each. He believed
that there would be uo deficiency next year,
but on the contrary, that there would prove
to be a slight excess of appropriation.
Mr. Saycrs, of TexaSj argued that the
estimates of the Commissioner for Pensions
were totally unreliable, and that the
amount of money required to pensions
would be largely in excess of the amount
appropriated by the pending bill. He
ventured to say that the Fifty-second Con
gress would be compelled to meet a de
ficiency of not less than 535, 000,000.
An Attack on Commissioner Baorn.
Mr. Cooper, ot Indiana, referred to the
large force of employes in the Pension
Bureau and to the vast expenditure of
money for pensions. He proposed to show
why this force, ot men should be presided
over by a man of high character, and why
this vast sum of money should be disbursed
by a man above criticism and above re
proach. It was his purpose to call the at
tention ot the country to the fact that the
present Commissioner of Pensions was not
such a person. He then reviewed the
charges made against Commissioner Raum,
which formed the basis ot the investigation
last session, and asserted that they hud all
been proved.
Mr. Sawyer, of New York, was surprised
that the gentleman should make his speech
at this time, before the case was closed.
The gentleman had said that the committee
had abandoned any further investigation.
Certainly the gentleman was mistaken. It
had been the clear understanding that when
the committee adjourned it should meet at
this session in order to hear further testi
mony. Mr. Sawyer denied that the charges
against Commissioner Raum had been
prove.', and after omf,.nrther debate the
committee rose and the House adjourned.
A Blow at the Attorneys.
Secretary Noble has been paying consid
erable attention lately to the subject of at
torneys' lees in pension cases, ana is formu
lating a plan by which claimauts for pen
sion, who are not represented by attorneys,
may be placed and maintained" upon the
same looting as those who are. It is pro
posed to organize a force within the Pension
Bureauat the head of which will be placed
a thoroughly competent pension lawyer
whose business it will be to look after the in
terests of these unrepresented claimants.
The plan is not fully matured as yet al
though the general features have been
agreed upon.
In speaking to-day of the question of at
torneys fees Secretary Noble expressed him
self with some warmth.
"Think of it," said he, "the Pension
Bureau is now issuing between 14,000 and
15,000 certificates a week. "What does this
mean to attorneys? It means that they are
receiving every week as fees, out of moneys
appropriated by Congress to relieve the
necessities of our old soldiers, between 5150,
000 and 5375,000."
Under the old laws, an attorney could
charge and collect a fee of 525 for every
case brought to a snccessiul issue, and of
the cases now being allowed a large propor
tion are of that class. The new law allows
a lee of only 510 per case, but even at this
compensation the attorneys would realize
5150,000 a week."
Not Much Legal Loro Needed.
"I look over the lists of attorneys," con
tinued the Secretary, "and I find that very
many of them are men who, upon their
knowledge of law, could not build up even
a petty practice before a country justice of
the peace, but here in "Washington they
manage in a few years to accumulate
1,000,000 or moie acting as so-called 'attor
neys' for pension claimants. And, then, it
would be some comfort if they would leave
the old soldiers with one fee, but some of
them work them as I saw people work
cottonseed in my trip to the South this fall.
They gin them once for an original
pension, and then gin them over
again for an increase, and this
process of ginning is kept up so long as any
thing remains. I am becoming thoroughly
convinced that something should be done,
and that soon, to relieve the old soldiers of
this grievously heavy burden. "When I
think of my old comrades in the war being
obliged to contribute to the maintenance of
these people I can hardly restrain my indig
nation, and before long I hope to be able to
mature a plan by which some of them, at
least, may have their claims looked after
without having to pay over the first fruits
to pension agents.
"To be sure," he said, "these unrepre
sented claimants are now receiving a fair
share of attention at the Pension Bureau,
hut I am fully determined that they shall
have just as much attention as any among
those who have attorneys."
EJTER-COirrnTEHTAX RATLKOAD.
Meeting or the Commission Appointed to
Supervise the Survey.
"Washington, Dec 4. The Inter-Continental
Railroad Commission, composed of
representatives from the United States and
other American republics, met for organiza
tion in the diplomatic chamber of
the Department of State at noon
to-day. This commission was recom
mended by the International American
Conference, for the purpose of supervising
a survey for a line to connect the railway
systems of North America with those o'f
South America. Secretary Blaine called
the meeting to order and made an
address of welcome In the follow
ing words: "I hope, gentlemen, that
this 4lh day of December, 1890, is to mark
the beginning the auspicious beginning
of a very great enterprise, that snail draw
closer together South America, Central
America and North America; that shall
cement in closer and more cordial terms
than, any cations and be a penent to the;
present generation and the millions unborn.
I am ready for business."
Mr. Romero then moved that a committee
on organization be appointed. This was
adopted and Messrs. Romero, Calderon and
Davis were appointed the committee. These
gentlemen retired and in a few
minutes returned with a recommenda
tion that A. F. Cassatt, of the United
States, be chosen as President of the
commission. He was unanimously
elected. Motions were adopted that the
Chair appoint a committee, composed of
three members on rules of organization, and
to nominate the necesary committee". The
Chair said he would announce the com
mittees at another meeting.
, Secretary Blaine announced that quarters
for the commission had been established at
101G "Vermont avenue, and that the State
Department would be asked to afford all ac
commodations and facilities the commission
desired. The commission then adjourned
until Thursday next.
THEY WILL BE ARMED.
NEBRASKA, WYOMING, NORTH AND SOUTH
DAKOTA PEOPLE
Voted Weapons by the Senate Senator
Hawleyg Resolution Passed Senator
Morgan Makes a Move for an Investi
gation of the Indian Trouble Voorhees'
Tribute to Newspaper Men.
"Washington, Dec 4. Senator Haw
ley's resolution providing for the issuing of
arms to the people of North and South
Dakota was taken up in the Senate again
to-day.
Mr. Dawes, commenting on the interview
with ex-Governor Foster, said that there
was nothing in it which failed to corroborate
his statement yesterday as to the cause of
the Indian troubles. It rather supported
what he bad said. Mr. Dawes went on to
say that the public mind had been perverted
by an army ot newspaper men out in the
Indian country. He sometimes thought
that there were more newspaper men than
troops.
Mr. Voorhees read some further extracts
from the Foster interview, and then referring
to Mr. Dawes' criticism of the newspapers,
said: "I thanK God for newspaper men,
especially in dark places; and to every
newspaper man who has thrown a single ray
ot light on this miserable business, I return
my heartfelt and prolound thanks. News
paper men may get things wrong sometimes;
but in the main, in the great volume of
what they do, they contribute to the light
and knowledge of the uorld and to the
cause of justice."
After remarks by Messrs. Stewart, Vest
and Morgan the joint resolution was amended
so as to apply to the States of North and
South Dakota, "Wyoming and Nebraska,
and was passed.
Mr. Morgan then introduced a joint reso
lution (which went over tiil to-morrow) ap
propriating 15,000 for an investigation under
the orders ot the Senate as to the causes of
the discontent and outbreak among the
Sioux Indians and other tribes.
PSESIDEHTAL VISITORS.
Harrison naif Promises to Attend the New
England Society Dinner.
rerECIAI. TBLEQBAM TO THE DISPATCH. J
"Washington, Dec. 4. Cornelius N
Bliss and Jesse Seligman returned to New
York this morning. Mr. Bliss, while dining
at the White House last evening, invited
the President to be the guest of the New
England Society at their annual banquet,
on Forefathers' Day. The President re
garded the invitation favorably, and will at
tend if he possibly can. Mr. Seligman's busi
ness was of a private nature. Judge Jacob
Mi Patterson and Surveyor George W.
Lyon are still here. Judge Patterson called
upon the President early this mornlug. He
spent half an hour there and left with a
smile. He walked across to the Navy De
partment and there bad a quiet chat with
Secretary Tracy. After that he called on
Secretary Windoni in his private office.
Patterson says that he and "Windom
talked about the weather. Then he went
to the Capitol and Met General McCook
and Senator Hiscock. Mr. Patterson es
teems this as one of his golden days; a day
without politics, devoted only to friendship
and modest hilarity. Surveyor Xyon's ex
cursion was not so wide as his friend Pat
terson's. He confined himself to the Treas
ury Department, where he was busied with
the routine work of the Surveyor's office.
It would not be surprising, however, that
the (er Democrats will go.
A GREENBACK ISSUE.
Congressman Bland Has a Bill Providing for
That Subject.
"Washington, Dec 4. In the House to
day Representative Bland, of Missouri, in
troduced a bill requiring the Secretary of
the Treasury to prepare a new series of
Treasury notes, commonly called green
backs, and issue them in sums equal to the
amount of national bank notes that may be
from time to time surrendered for redemp
tion or cancellation by national banking
associations.
Mr. Bland also introduced a bill author
izing the issue of a new series of legal tender
notes to meet any deficiencies in the rev
enues of the Government A preamble to
the bill recites that a deficiency in the rev
enues is now threatened, and tne country is
not in condition to bear any further taxa
tion. READY BY CHRISTMAS.
Census Committee to Consider the Appor
tionment Bill Next "Week.
"Washington, Dec 4. Chairman Dun
nell, of the Census Committee, said to-day
that the committee would begin considera
tion of the apportionment bill next wrek,and
that he did not doubt that it would be be
fore the House before the Christmas holi
days. He was of opinion that the question
raised by New York City as to the accuracy
of her enumeration shouldn't delay prepara
tion of the apportionment bill.
If it should be decided alter fair and full
consideration that New York City's claim
was just, the matter could be fixed so as to
give New York the membership to which
she was entitled.
THE FIRST MEETING
Of the Ways and Means Committee to be
Held To-Day.
"Washington, Dec 4. The "Ways and
Means Committee will hold its intitial meet
ing of the session to-morrow. It is under
stood that the committee will immediately
take measures to rectify the omission of
the tobacco rebate section from the Mc
Kinley tariff law, by the passage of a sup
plemental bill before January, when the
original section would have gone into effect
Chairman MoKinley and Mr. Mills to
day said they did not think it necessary to
give a hearing on the subject, and that they
thought there would be no opposition to the
correction of the error.
HUSH EHV0YS SM1XE.
They Disclaim All Knowledge of the Man
Boyle In Pittsburg.
Chicago, Dec 4. "With all their cares,
the Irish envoys could not restrain genuine,
hearty laughter when a reporter called their
attention to-night to a report from Pittsburg
about one Boyle, who was said to he passing
through that city posing as a messenger
bearing important documents from Dublin.
All knowledge of Boyle was disclaimed,
and amazement was expressed that serious
attention should be given for an instant to
him nv Mm rnortA itvaA0
.A.' " " "J- "(
PITTSBURG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1890 TEN PAGES.
MANY WEARY OF LIFE.
A Belle Kills Herself After, a Ball
Because of Mad Jealousy.
ONE MAN WITH TOO MUCH MONEY.
Sadden Wealth and Its Responsibilities
Drive Him to Sniclde.
SHE HADE A SHROUD AND TOOK POISON
rBFEClAI. TELEnitAJt TO TBI DISPATCH. 1
Chesteb, Dec 4. Last evening, amid
the dreamy measures of the waltz, the gleam
ofdiamondo and the soft rustle of silks,
velvets and satins, pretty Emma Fitren
mayer feveiishly danced. Her eyes were
brilliant and her cheeks were flushed. This
morning, in a dark-curtained room, the
woman lies dead the victim of self-destruction.
Her white throat ii streaked with an
ugly gash, her ball dress is wet and stained
with her own blood.
She was but 21 years old, bright, attrac
tive and with a happy life before her. In
that insanity which springs from uncon
trollable jealousy, she ended her young
life, and in a most horrible manner. A
huge knife was used to inflict the ugly
wound in her fair throat; she had great
strength, for the head was nearly severed
from the body.
Interested In a Toung Man.
Emma Fitzenmayer was a native of Ger
many. Two years ago she came to this city
and made her home with her sister and her
husband, and apparently led a happy and
contented life. Last night there was a ball
in the Cochrane building on Market street,
which gathered together the laddies and
lassies of the town, accompanied by their
parents.
Mrs. Henry F. Schmidt (the sister),
Emma Fitzenmayer and a brother were
present at the ball, being among the early
comers. Emma had numerous partners
during the evening, butthere was one young
gentleman in the ball room who seemed to
avoid her, and yet she appeared to be inter
ested in every movement he made.
About 1" o'clock her sister noticed that
Emma had left the room The young lady
had left the building alone and returned to
her home Her brother-in-law had not yet
retired, and was waiting up for his wife.
Miss Fitzeumayer made a few inquiries of
her brother-in-law about a young child who
had been ill with cold.
Evidently in a Distracted State.
Her questions were asked in an anxious,
feverish way, and Mr. Schmidt thought her
early return from the ball without her sister
and brother was owing to her anxiety in re
gard to the child's condition. Emma lingered
however, at borne but a lew minutes and re
turned to the hall. She was an active par
ticipant in the festivities for about two
hours, when she was again missed by her
sister.
Miss Fitzenmayer had again returned to
her home, and alone. The brother-in-law
was still sitting up awaiting the return of
the family. He was quite surprised at her
return, but made no comment other than
asking when his wife might be expected
home from the ball. Emma went upstairs
to a second-story room over the kitchen and
shut the door. "When Mrs. Schmidt re
turned from the dance, about half an hour
later, she at once inquired after her sister.
Then the appalling discovery was made.
The body of the unfortunate young woman
was found lying on the floor of tho second
story room. Her throat was cut so deeply
as to nearly sever the head from the"body.'
The bloody knife told the tale of self-destruction.
Death Before the Mirror.
"From the position of the body it is sur
mised that she stood before the looking-glass
in the room while she committed the; awful
deed. Mr. Schmidt says that he was quite
drowsy when his sister-in-law arrived home
lor the last time, but was sufficiently awake
to take notice of a sound like someone fall
ing alter Emma had gone up stairs, but
paid no attentian to it.
The young lady, while an inmate of the
-Schmidt residence, has always been of a
light-hearted and cheerful disposition. It
had not ever been known to her family that
she received marked attention from any one
gentleman. The supposition that jealousy
was the cause of the suicide is based on the
statement of a person who was present at
the ball.
This person says that Miss Fitzenmaver
showed signs ot uncontrollable piqne over
the indifference of a young gentleman in
whom she seemed to be greatly interested,
aud whose attentions to other young ladies
appeared to give her considerable annov
ance. SUDDEN RICHES
THE DIRECT CAUSE OF A SUICIDE BY THE
ROPE ROUTE.
A Man Who Conld Not Stand Comparative
Wealth and Its Attendant Responsibility
Tragic End of a Prominent Citizen's
rife.
rSFEC7.il. TELEQItAM TO TUB PIRPATCH.I
Fonda, N. Y Dec 4. Matthew D.
Moore, one of the most prominent and
wealthy citizens of this village, will be
buried to-morrow in the family plot in the
Canghnawaga Cemetery, and thereby is a
story. Mr. Moore was the son of Michael
Moore, a farmer of this town, and
was reared , with the idea that when
the father should put aside the
implements of agriculture tho boy
would take his place and the Moore farm
pass from generation to generation. When
abont 20 years old, however, "Mat," as he
was called, got a notion that he could make
of himself something better than a farmer,
and he went as clerk in a Fonda store.
He proved industrious and plucky, and
kept pushing his way upward until, by his
father's assistance, he was enabled to pur
chase a half interest in the hardware store of
F. E. Jansen.
Subsequently Mr. Jansen transferred his
interest in the store to his eldest son, and the
firm of Moore & Jansen became a power in
the trade. All went well with Moore and
Jansen until about two years ago, when the
death of his brother-in-law, Harvey Kenne
dy, the millionaire bachelor broker, of New
York, occurred. At about midnight Mr.
Moore was awakened by a messenger boy,
who handed him aj.dispatch, which read:
"Harvey Kennedy is dead. You appointed
executor. Come on quickly."
Mr. Moore was nearly unbalanced by the
news aud overjoyed at his appointment, as
it passed through his mind instantly that
his commissions from the estate would make
him a very wealthy man, and besides agood
share of the property would fall to his wife.
Thus in a moment, as it were, he was trans
formed from an ordinary country merchant
to a wealthy man and thrown into a big city,
as it has required most ot his time in New
York since Mr. Kennedy's death.
He often conversed with friends about
the responsibility of bis position
as executor of the immense estate, and his
old triends often remarked that the weight
of the estate on his mind wonld cause de
rangement. This opinion has proved cor
rect, and the simple explanation of the find
ing of his body dangling from a rope in his
beautiful residence on Tuesday is that he
was not fortified mentally for tho shock of
getting suddenly rich. Mr. Moore was 45
years of age, was an honest and upright
man and his death causes much sorrow. He
leaves a widow and one daughter, Miss
Maud, who are overwhelmed at the rash act
wnicn nas aeprirea tnem ox tne presence oi
jj canuBusoauu ana liner(
A DEFAULTER'S DEATH.
HE TAKES $100,000 OF A FIRM'S CASH
AND HIS OWN LIFE.
The Reckless Career of a Trusted Employe
Meets With tho Usual End The Dis
covery of His Peculations Five Toung
Orphans.
rsrjTCIAI. TELEGRAXTO TUB DIBPATCn.l
Albaky, Dec 4. Another defalcation
became public late this afternoon. The
amount of the stealings are estimated to be
from 80,000 to $100,000. The victims are
Henry "W. Sage & Co., and the defaulter Jo
seph B. Abbott, bookkeeper. To add to the
excitement the body of Abbott was found
this evening in a room but little used in the
"Windsor Hotel, where it is supposed to
have lain since last evening. A partially
emptied bottle of laudanum was beside it.
Recently in looking over the books Mr.
Sage discovered that Charles S. Riley &
Co., of Philadelphia, were indebted to his
firm for several thousand dollars. The
amount was large and greater than that
usually allowed to stand. A statement was
sent to Pjjley & Co., when it was learned
they had settled up all accounts and if any
thing there should be a balance to their
credit. A hurried examination revealed
that the peculations were very extensive and
extended over a series of years. A case
was being made and Abbott was to have
been arrested to-day.
The firm had implicit confidence in Mr.
Abbott, paying him $5,000 salary and
allowing a commission that netted him
S5.000 to 10,000 yearly. Abbott led a reck
less life, spending money lavishly
and gambling heavily. About a year
aga his wife died from influenza, and
since then he has been more reckless
than ever. By his act he leaves five chil
dren orphans. The firm of Sage & Co.,
composed of Henry "W., "William H. and
Dean Sage, is one of the wealthiest in the
lumber business, and will not be materially
affected by the embezzlement The commer
cial agencies say the firm has millions back
of it.
MADE A BEAUTIFUL SHROUD,
And Then Took Aconite to Avoid Becoming
a Lunatic
rSrSCIAL TELEOBAH TO TUE DIBrATCH.1
New London, Ct., Dec. 4. In the lit
tle country hamlet of Niantic, in Lyme
county, a few miles west of this city, Mrs.
"Wilcox, widow of tho late Charles "Wilcox,
killed herself by taking aconite. Mrs. "Wil
cox was an, odd woman. She dwelt in the
upper half of H. I. Smith's house, and ap
peared to be a very cheerful person. All
Tuesday morning the Smith family heard
her flying about at her work as if she was
merry. In the afternoon they heard groans,
ascended to the upstairs rooms, and found.
Mrs. Wilcox dying on the floor of poison.
For several weeks the woman had been very
busy with her needle. She was making a
beautiful white dress for herself, and she
added to it a fine collar and cuffs, and
seemed to be very proud of her creation.
Evidently Mrs. "Wilcox was about to make
a great social impression by wearing of her
dress among her neighbors, but none of them
knew just when she proposed to appear in
it. They know now. Mrs. "Wilcox hart
been making the beautiful dress for her
shroud, and no one bad any idea what she
had been singing about as. she toiled away.
She left written directions saying that she
must be laid in her coffin in the white dress,
and the person that laid her out should not
forget to add the snow white collar and cuffs
to the rest of her attire. The reason why
she killed herself is found in a letter written
just before she took poison, to Miss Lizzie
Sheldon, New Haven. In it she said that
"a voice told.her that within a year she
would be an inmate of an insane asylum.
To avoid that fate she decided to die"
A Mayor Shoots Himself.
Litchfield. Mink., Dec. 4. Hiram S.
Branhan, Mayor of this city, shot himself
just below the heart about 1 P. m. to-day.
He claimed that while fooling with the re
volver it accidentally discharged. He
lived only a few hours.
ETHICAL CULTURE MEETING
For the Especial Purpose of Imparting;
Instruction to Clergymen.
tSPECTAL TELEQEA5I TO TUB DISPATCH.!
New York, Dec. 4. The fourth annual
convention of the Societies of Ethical
Culture,ofNewYork,PhiIadelphia,Chicago,
St. Louis and London, will open here to
morrow. N The especial purpose of the con
vention is the devising of ways and means
for the better education of the clergy in
regard to the objects which Societies of
Ethical Culture have at heart. The
speakers at the meeting to-morrow are to be
President Andrews, of Brown University;
Prof. D. J. Brinton, Prof. James, the Rev.
Dr. Lyman Abbott, Heber Newton and A.
S. Isaacs.
The morning session will be opened with
an address by Prof. Adler. In the after
noon there will be an autumn festival, in
which 300 children, belonging to the Work
ingman's school, will take part. They will
lay gifts, consisting of the fruits of the
earth, on the altar of charity, which, built
on a Greek model, is already part of the
furniture ot the school room. Then there is
to be tableau representing different nations
paying homage to the genius of humanity.
EVA HAMILTON AT HOME,
i -
She Says She Intends Living in Future With
ller Father.
rSPBCIAL TELKG1IAM TO TUB DISPATCH. I
"Wilkesbakbe, Dec 4. Eva Hamilton
arrived at her old home at "Wyalusing this
evening. She was accompanied by her
father, who is a farm hand and very
poor. Eva sent for her father and
the latter acted as her escort on the journey.
The woman was heavily veiled. At the depot
she was met by a few old-time triends who
knew her when she was a rollicking girl on
a farm.
"I have come home to spend my time
with my father," she said to one of her
father's neighbors. "He needs my assist
ance now. He is getting old and feeble,
and I feel it my duty to remain with
him. He was a. good father to me,
and had I remained with him
I think my life would have been happier.
No, I don't think the Hamilton's will
succeed in depriving me of my share
in my husband's estate. I am going
to make a fight for my rights and with the
money belonging to "me, I will make the
rest of my days happy in my little country
home."
PROMIHENT GAMBLERS MULCTED.
Ex-County Officials of Indiana Plead Guilty
and Are Fined.
Anderson, and., Dec. 4. During the
past ten days Constable Curtis, backed.by
Prosecutor Carver, has been raiding the
Anderson gambling rooms. Gambling has
been running wide open here lor the past
five years, and it has been clainled that the
gamblers controlled the police force.
Ex-County Auditor James M. Dickson,
ex-Sheriff A. G.Ross, James Corbett, James
Mulden, George Hogle, Henry Hoover, Ira
Patton and John Dockter have pleaded
gnilty to "keeping for game certain gaming
devices." Each was fined J29 45.
Surplus Assets Exceed a Million.
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 4. A statement
of the condition of the firm of Thomas H.
Allen & Co,, which suspended a few days
ago, has been made by the trustee, M. B.
Trezevant, Total liabilities, J684.609; assets
Available and consideredleood. 81.746.681.
.JJSet surplus of aiuets, 1.063,071.
PARNELL TO RETIRE
In Case Negotiations With Mr. Glad
stone Are Successful.
HE MAKES A VERIITTER SPEECH,
Taxlnj the Liberal Leader for Sophistry
and .mbijnlt.
LORD SALISBURY G1TES HIS YIEWS
London, Dec 4. At the opening of the
Nationalist meeting to-day, Air. Parnell
acceded to Mr. Sexton's request to avoid
contention by not reading telegrams ad
dressed to either party. Mr. Sexton denied
that he had ever proposed that Mr. Parnell
retire from public life, and said he only
meant that he should retire from the chair
manship of the Irish party.
Mr. Parnell then proceeded to deal with
the Clancy proposal. He commenced by
announcing that after consulting with his
'friends, he had decided that he could not
bind himself to retire until be could see Mr.
Gladstone's reply. He declared that his
position had been granted him, not merely
as a leader ot a party, but as a leader of a
nation. This had been derived from a chain
of circumstances in which, speaking with
the greatest respect, his hearers had no
share. After speaking of his services in as
similating and soothing tne prejudices of
the discordant elements of the Irish race
throughout the world, Mr. Parnell con
tinued: Parnell Submits a Proposition.
You know, and I know, there is no man liv
ing, if I am gone, who could succeed in recon
ciling the feelings of tba Irish people to tbe
Hawarden proposals. Cheers. As you wish
to withdraw from me this responsibility. I
think it only reasonable that you should give
judgment on these matters for tbe benefit of
your constituents. Therefore I submit this
resolution: Tbat tbe party accept no borne
rnle bill unless it gives immediate control of
tbo polieo and power to deal with land.
A word bad been grievously changed with
regard to the accuracy of my account of the
Hawarden interview, but no attempt has been
made to prove its inaccuracy. It is for you to
act in this matter. You are dealing with a man
who is an unrivaled sophist.
Mr. Barry Which oner
Mr. Parnell You are dealing with a man
from whom it is impossible to get a direct
answer. As for me. it is impossible to give an
indirect answer. Cries, of "Oh, ob."J Mr.
Gladstone is capable of working to secure a
majority at tbe elections wbich will render
him independent of both tbe Irish and the Con
servative parties. If you throw me to him, get
my value by securing a pledge of a satisfactory
home rule bill.
His Action on tho Bill of 188C.
Mr. Parnell reminded his hearers that al
though tbe bill of 188G was inadequate he
had consulted Sexton, Davitt and other
leaders belore acceptingt. He declared it
atrociously unfair ttf use against him his
general acquiescence in the details of that
bill. He admitted that he was willing to
do his best to reconcile the prejudices of tbe
Irish people in regard to the control of' the
police. He was willing to risk his position
in that direction perhaps to do wrong and
exceed his 'duty.
"And Gladstone knows,' he continued,
"that in striking me down he strikes down
the only man that could make that measure
acceptable to Ireland. Was I to keep the
Hawarden seal on my mouth when Glad
stone himself put it out, of my power to re
main longer silent?"
In conclusion, the speaker made cynical
references to what he termed Mr. Glad
stone's "ambiguity." He said: "I have
had many dealings with him, but never got
a strajgni answer." tie auciea tnat ho was
quite willing to resign to tbem the task of
negotiation, but wanted them to fully un
derstand their responsibility. If his reso
lution was accepted and the Liberal replies
were satisfactory, he would place himself in
their hands.
To Negotiate With Mr. Gladstone.
The latest phase of tbe situation bids fair
for an agreement, a committee having been
appointed to wait upon Mr. Gladstone and
endeavor to obtain from him the assurances
desired by Mr. Parnell. Tbe committee
consists of Messrs. Parnell, Sexton, Healy,
Justin McCarthy, John Redmond, Deasy,
Power and Leamy. Mr. Parnell will
take no part in the negotiations with Mr.
Gladstone. Before the appointment of the
committee Mr. Parnell asked the meeting
for an informal showing of hands on Mr.
Clancy's amendment. This disclosed the
fact that. only Messrs. Barry and Chance
continued to hold out against the amend
ment. Besides Mr. Gladstone the com
mittee will also see Sir "William "Vernon
Harcourt and Mr. Horley, and will en
deavor to conclude the negotiations to-morrow.
Mr. Gladstone expressed bis willingness
to interchange views with the committee,
but reserved the right to choose the mem
bers with whom to negotiate. '
Lord Salisbury in his speech at "Waterfoot,
Lancashire, last night, asked what right Mr.
Sexton and his colleagues, who were hound
ing Mr. Parnell, had to pose as apostles of
domestic purity. First, they backed Par
nell and then the seventh commandment,
changing from one horse to another with in
difference and cynicism.
The Premier Takes a Hand.
"If." said Lord Salisbury, "the enthusi
asm of the Healyites is disinterested, it is
worthy of the highest applause; but if it is
merely a screen for political maneuver, it
is worthv of the deepest condemnation."
Lord Salisbury proceeded to denounce the
Gladstonians for offering tbe Chief Secre
taryship for Ireland to Parnell while the
foulest things were alleged of him and Cap
tain O'Shea's action for diyorce was pend
ing. "Would anyone," he asked, "select
as a partner, banker or agent, one against
whom an action for swindling was pend
ing?" Lord Salisbury made sarcastic reference
to Mr. Gladstone's recollection of his inter
view with Mr. Parnell at Hawarden in No
vember, aud recalled the difference between
Lord Carnarvon and Mr. Parnell as to whit
occurred between them at their confidential
interview some years ago. He said no
Liberal then thought it a scandal to believe
Mr. Parnell's statements, and why should
they now? Mr. Gladstone's denial did not
amount to much. It was due largely to the
brilliant house and of bis own imagination,
and ought to be received with a certain
amount of judicious criticism.
Mr. Gladstone's Irish Proposals.
Referring to the proposals in regard to
Irish affairs then made by Mr. Gladstone,
as divulged by Mr. Parnell, Lord Salisbury
declared that the land question would be a
subordinate one it an Irish parliament had
control of the police, because the control of
the police includes the control of all
legislation in regard to property. Mr.
Gladstone's proposals, .his lordship
asserted, were ingenious, and he was sur
prised that Paruell's virtue had compelled
him to refuse them. Had they been carried
into effect every landlord in Ireland would
have concluded that it would be a very ad
vantageous bargain to sell his land at one
tentn of its present value Cheers aud
laughter.
Lord Salisbury at great length showed
the objections to allowing self-governed Ire
land to send 33 members to interfere in Eng
lish politics, especially after the revelations
made lecently touching the kind of men
Irish representatives are, and reminded his
audience that when the English Govern
ment was defeated it was almost always by
a majority much under 32.
Gladstone's Impossible Task.
His Lordship dilated upon the folly of
intrusting the government of Ireland to
such men. Mr. Gladstone, ha said, pre-
jposed to withhold land legislation, How
THREE CENTS. A
' M I FORTUNE IH ASHES,
GOVERNOR HILL ON THE FENCE.
Will He Take the Toga In Hand or Fight for
Honors in the Busb 1
long does he suppose that would be possi
ble? An Irish Parliament would refuse
supplies, and then what would he do?
Dwelling upon what he called the policy
of "double shuffle," Lord Salisbury de
clared that the disgusting details of the
O'Shea divorce case were not the real cause
of the antagonism between the powerful
furies now ranged against each other. Mr.
Gladstone was bent upon the impossible en
terprise of uniting the English Liberal, who
is dead against separation,, and tbe Irish
Nationalist, who cares for ' og else. He
only succeeded while thrV . quiet by
reticence and the use L oy 3 lan
guage. Vt&n
"I care not," said his Lordshiy - j0
j-iwucii niiia or uou ai mar ue u w, t
of human nature, but perhaps I nrei'c0
man fighting desparately for his lite to":
crew whom he has made and who are now
against him. But I am certain that we
now face realities. It is no loncer possible
by dark outlines of policy to affect an im
possible coalition."
A FIENDISH GANG.
BRUTAL PERFORMANCE OF A PARTY OF
ENGLISH COLLEGE STUDENTS.
Iteliglon Burlesqued and Fellow-Students
Subjected to the Most Outrageous Treat
mentThe Culprits Carried OnT In Tri
umph After Being Punished for Their
Conduct.
rBT DUNLAF'S CABLE COMPACT.
Oxford, Dec. 4. Queens College was
lately the scene of a serious outbreak among
the undergraduates that was marked by the
most willful and mischievous rowdyism. A
party of 15 or 16 young men set out in mas
querading costumes. The leader was dressed
as a bishop. Among the others there was
one nun, two acolytes with censors and in
cense, and the balance in surplices. They
marched in procession, and carried cups
containing large doses of whisky and others
filled with water, and a number of biscuits.
The masqueraders went the rounds of the
college, battering open doors and forcing
their way into the bedrooms of the freshmen.
When they had dragged out a sufficient
number of victims and gathered them to
gether,shivering in their scant nigh tdress.the
masqueraders proceeded to celebrate high
mass and forced their victims to go throneh
the ceremony, being urged all the time
with cutting blows from switches
or sticks in the hands of their tormentors. J
They were forced to drink quantities of the
whisky and gorge themselves with the
biscuits. Tbe 'party then broke up, but five
of the participators went to the room of an
other student and dragged him out ot bed,
stripped him ofbis nightshirt and tore it
into shreds and then carried him into the
court, where they tied him to a tree and left
him stark naked until morning.
The outraged men, acting on the advice
of some of the more substantial college
men, appealed to the authorities to redress
the injuries and gave the names of the ag
gressors. After hearing the case, they de
cided that the charge ot blasphemy was not
proven, but the forcing of tbeir way into the
men's rooms was pronounced to be a brutal
outrage, and punishments were dealtVjufac
cordingly. The expelled men were conducted in tri
umph to tbe railway station, aud a vote of
censure was passed by 70 out of the ISO un
dergraduates against those who had sup
ported the victims in their complaint. The
vote was accompanied by threats of venge
ance. The college has since been in a state
of siege. On many nights an armed
watch has been maintained, and a display
of pistols, swords, sticks and bludgeons
made.
AN ASYLUM BURNED.
One of the Unfortunate Victims is Burned to
Death.
TBT DCNI.Ar'S CABU. COMPACT. 1
London", Dec. 1. The private asylum
kept by Dr. Harmen at Hawkhurst, a vil
lage of Sussex, was totally destroyed by fire
this afternoon. One of the inmates was
burnt to death aud the rest of them and the
attendants escaped, while a corpse, lying in
the asylum, was practically submitted to un
intentional crematiou.
Kef used a Bottle of Lymph.
TBT DU2f LAP'S CABLI COMPACT. 1
Berlin, Dec. 4. A scrubby-appearing
individual applied to Prof. Koch to-day,
presenting a card bearing the inscription,
"Special Commissioner of the New York
Herald," and begged the professor for a bot
tle of his lymph, promising that tbe Herald
would use and talk about it in America.
The professor declined to grant the request.
Died From tho Operation.
fBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPAST.l
Beelin, Dec. 4. Robert Lowenstein
died to-day at Frankfort, after being inocu
lated with Koch's lymuh. His death strug
gles are said to have been terrible in their
fury and evident suffering.
AH AWFUL DEATH.
The Terrible Tragedy In "Which a Father
Took Part.
rSFXCIAb TZLEOSAK TO TOE DISPATCH.)
Monroe, Mien., Dee. 4. Farmer
Krieger and his family of three children
were the players in an awful tragedy last
night, and one of his little children was
ground to death by a flying passenger
train. The father and three little
ones were crossing Otter creek upon the
open trestle bridge of the Lake Shore road.
The distance from end to end is considera
ble'. "When about in the center
of the bridge the father was horrified
to see a train approaching. It was
impossible to get off the bridge. The father
looked for a place to shield hfo children and
the engineer whistled loud and
often. He had the little ones
stand npon the edges of the ties, but
saw that even tnen the projecting steps of
the car would hurl them flvin;: into the
water and probably to instant death.
Jnst as the engine was about to strike the
two smallest ones he seized them and
jumped Into the river, shonting to the third
to follow, tone was a girl about 12 vears old.
and stood for an instant ready to leap, and
then, fearing to make the plunge, she turned
and ran toward the opposite shore. She
had cone only a lew steps when the train
struck her and she was ground to pieces
under the wheels. The father, after a
straggle in the ioy water and mud, reached
the shore with the children ia safety.
Another Destructive Midnight
Fire Cleans Out Five
Business Blocks.
NO CHECKING THE FLAMES
Until Many Thonsand Dollars' Wortb
of Goods "Were Destroyed.
FOUR FIREMEN SERIOUSLY HURT.
The Gaest3 of the Seventh Avenue Hotel
Flee in a Panic
TEET NARROW ESCAPE OP CHIEF ETAN8
One of the most disastrous fires that has
devastated any part ot this city since the old
Exposition building went up in smoke was
discovered in E. Maginn's cracker factory,
No. 917 Liberty avenue, at 1 o'clock this
morning.
An alarm was turned in from box 32, and
as soon as the firemen arrived a general
alarm was at once sounded, calling out the
j 'ire department.
fy-,-irious companies did not arrive any
y ! for the building, a six-story brick
bic-i was full of combustible materials,
and the flames spread with a wonderful
rapidity, and in a very short time great
sheets of flame and billows of smoke were
bursting out of the windows. The sky was
lighted up with the wavering glow of the
flames for squares and squares around, and
although the firemen were pouring stream
after stream into the burning mass, the
water only seemed to stimulate the confla
gration. laterally Enveloped in Flames.
Soon the two upper stories were literally
enveloped in flames, these floors being occu
pied by It. & "W. Jenkinson, tobacco
dealers. They had a very large stock
of goods on hand, which burned
like shavings. The L. E. Harris Drug
Company, the third tenants of the block,
also had in stock a great supply of goods
that fed the flames in their greed, and every
few moments there would be a series ot ex
plosions that sounded like a charge cf ar
tillery. The buildings in question were very old,
and even had there been any chance of rais
ing ladders it would have been worth tha
lives of the men who dared to undertake it,
as tbe structure was doomed beyond hope,
and the walls were certain to fall before
many moments, at the best. In conse
quence, tbe firemen had to fight the battle
from the streets, they were constantly ia
great danger, at the best.
Wild .Scenes aj a Ilotel.
'The Seventh "Xieaie Hofel is'locatedj
just across from the fatal block, and a light
breeze carried mountains of smoke and
sparks over its roof and into its front. Tha
inmates at once became almost panio
stricken, and some wild scenes were en
acted. "When the flames burst into the air people
came rnshiug in from all directions, until
every bit of available space where anything
ot the impressive and thrilling sight could,
be witnessed was packed and jammed with
spectators.
In addition to the danger of toppling
walls the mass of telephone, telegraph and
electric wires tbat was strung in front of the
seething furnace of destruction acted as a
constant menace to those who came any
where near them, as they were in continual
danger of being either broken or melted in
two, after wbich the dangling ends might
become as deadly as the electrocutioner's)
appliance.
Rapid Spread of the Flames.
Twenty minutes from thetime the steam
ers began to play on the big block the fire
had complete control of the structnre. There
was not a window or opening of any kind
that did not resemble a halt dozen blast fur
naces, while the roof was throwing up ways
after wave of flame.
Now and theu tbe smoke would assume
control and come rolling and tumbling out
in perfect torrents as if all tbe powers of
earth could not hold it back, hut soon the
long, fierce tongues of flame would pierce
the cloudf, and in an instant they would
melt away again and make room for a more
brilliant display.
The flames burst from the rear of the Har
ris building, and two lines of hose wera
sent into Spring alley, with tha
purpose of confining the fire, which threat
ened to leap into the buildings fronting
on Penn avenue. Ten or 12 hosemen were
working in the alley, when the second and
third floors in the Maginn building fell ia
with a crash.
First FaU of the Walls.
Thirty or 40 firemen were playing into tha
fire from Liberty street, but the concus
sion of tbe falling floors forced oat a
blast of flame, smoke and red-hot
cinders, which caused the firemen to drop
the hose and run for safety. Tbe shock of
tbe falling floors in the Msginn building
loosened the rear wall of the Harris Drug;
Company's structure. It wavered for a mo
ment, a cry of warning was sent up, and a
the wall slowly tottered and fell, firemen,
police and spectators rushed from the alley.
An alarm was at once raised that ten fire
men were buried beneath the mass of burn
ing debris which nearly filled the narrow
alley. The firemen rnshed back to save
their comrades, while Inspector McAleese,
who was right at hand, went in.
at the head of a body of his
officers to render whatever aid was
possible.
A hundred men commenced throwing tha
redhot bricks and burning timbers to one
side in a frenzied search for tbe buried fire
men. 'In a few moments four men wera
taken ont, and when a hasty count was
made all the men were accounted for.
Four Fireman Felled to the Ground.
The first man taken out was John 9.
Allen, of No. 11 Engine Company, who
was terribly bruised and bloody. John
Sheppard, of No. 1 Engine Company,
and August "Winter, of Engine Company
No. 7, were next pulled out of the debris.
These three were hustled off to the Homeo
pathic Hospital. Next Adolph Both, driver
ot engine company No. 7, who was holding
a nozzle, was pulled out and taken to tha
office of Dr. G. E. Herrons.
Allen, it Is thought, is injured internally
and may die. John Sheppard was also
bruised so bad that his injuries at the hour
this was written conld not be stated.
Winter was badly burned, hut it is not
thought seriously. Adolph Both had his
right arm broken badly and was more or
less cut and bruised, but was not fatally in
jured. At the same time that the walls of the
Harris building fell, seven firemen
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